Sheet feeding and cutting machine.



1.H.Y0UNG. SHEET FEEDING CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I0, 1913.

J. H. YOUNG.

I SHEET FEEDTNG CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICM'ION 'FILED DEC. l0, 191,3. Y I 4 Patented Feb.8,1916. T

5 SHEETS-SHEET 2 I. H. YOUNG.

SHEET'FEEDING CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I0, I9I3.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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3. H. YOUNG.

SHEET FEEDING CUTTING MACHINE. APPLICATON FILED DEc.1o,|913.

1,171 ,O1 l E .Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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J. H. YOUNG.

SHEET FEEDING CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED'DEC. 10| 191.3.

Patented Heb. 8, 1916.

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' JOHNH. YOUNG, or nANnoLPi-I, NEW. YORK, AssIeNoR ,To BORDE'NS CONDENSED I MILK COMPANY, or NEW YORK, y., A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.

SHET FEEDXNG AND CUTTING' MACHINE.

` and State of New York, have invented a.

`new and `useful Sheet l1`eedinr and (futting Machine, o'tl which the following is a Specification.

. l "My invention relateslo improvements in i V machinesl employed to i'eed and cut sheets ot material as, lior example, tinued sheetnietal into illuah subdivieions. oiiiectangular contour,adapted Vto servi-"tor blanks in manufacture of `\vell-l{no\\'n Coiitainers or l5 cans emphlrved, 'louinstance, in storage and transiiortation ot'coiuhused inilk, and the objects of my invention comprise provision of means vhereby saiillfeeding, and cutting, ol required blanll's may be :uteoiiiplished `autoinatif'ally, more exactlv, rapidly, and economically, than hereto'lore, and with less .dependence `ou manual laliiir'ai'ul skill. l. attain these objects .by aid of nrv improved mechanisms, or their equivalents, and their combinationf with each olher and with old instrumentalities ale..lieieina'lite'r described, and as illustrated, Yli'or example, in the accompanying; drawings, in., vvliichw- Figure l 'is a Iplan view of an organiz/,ed machine containing' my 'said improvements and combinations; Fig. Q is, on enlarged -scale, a'scctional',View on line Il-2 of Fig. l seen in the direction ot the arroii", and showing hlen'ients ofdny primary feeding device and therewith associated parts, sonic of'theln inside elevation; Fig. 23 is, on same scale-'ns `Fig. 2, a side` elevation of parts show-nin, the latter', and also a diagram of f. the pririiary cutters; Fig. l1 is, on a. sonie- 40 what still larger scale, a. sectional View on l`theline of Fig. Lf certain parts being.

Shown.infielevation; liig. 5 is, on still larger ,"scale,,alhorizontel sectional View, on, line 5-5 of Figi of detalls oi al member of riy she .-t-lifting devices; Fig. 6 is, on. an enf `ged Tale,A aside elevation of iny secondfthe` se ,Ondary, cutters, certain Ashaftsbeing Y 4shown in "vertical section; Fig. 7 is, on saine o `cale ati Fig. G, a'longitudmal sectional View sectionil view on `the line 2%8 ot Fie. i"

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ary feeding-device, including a diagram 'of Patented Feb. 8. 1.916.

. Application filed December 10, 1913. vSeriailrNo. 80W/l1.

ing' device; Fig. 10 shows, on enlarged' scale, a detail view of certain date and` guardv devices of the guide rails Oi? my primar),v feeding devices; Fig. 1l is a cross sectional View of Fig, l0 taken on the line l-l-lf of the latter; Fig. l2 shows, on e11- largecl scale, certain. details of one of the pivoted rests of. the sheet carriage; Fig. 13 is, on enlarged (scale, :i front view,partly sectional, onthe line lf3-1 3 of Fig.` 14, of details of the clutch which, controls theoperation of said feeding devices; Fig. let is a vertical sectional View of Fig. 13 on the .i

line. Il --l-t of the latter.

Rotary, and other, cutters designed to cut sheets o'l1 various materials, including,r metal, are well-known and constitute by themselves no part of nivpresent invention but the feeding and subdivision ot the initial sheets thereb)Y cut intopluralitiesof smaller sheets. or blanks, o'l required proiiortions and |erl;:1ii;'iilarity, hasI hitherto required nio-re manual skill, precision, rare, and time i on thepart ol the operators than is .induslriallv1 economical. The manual separation ol eich initial sheet `troni the pile o'l similar sheets in which it is reeeivcfgl by the operators. its suhseipient guidance to correct presentation to theA critters, the subsequent handling oi the resulting divisions in Order to insure their being; in turn fed and guided .in correct presi-mations to the saine, or other, cutters `i1o ell'eettheir" subdivision, into blanks ot required proportions and rectangularity, ivitlrleast possible Vaste of time and material, have hitherto required high degrees` ol'v tec-tile skill and intelligent ivatchlulness with whichiny invention disln other Worils,ln1y machine takes each initial .sheet separately troni theI pile, cuts it into the required subdivisions, and

delivers .the final prnduct, or blanks, 'of required proportions and reifftangularity, with unprecedented speed and without the inaterials being.` at any time, guided, or otherwise touched, by the operators. These results l believe to be attributable to my novel. devices and their combinations with each otlieri-ind with old devices as hereinafter deecribed it being understood that l do not. coifiline inf/S f to exactly the forms ind ari'ai'igen'ients illustrated in the drawinggs.y eruiivalents of which are to be also regarifled as wit-hin the purview of my invent-ion.

. Referring now to the drawings, my illusim? Mmmm me? www CENE' A. "i l for 'producing Vthe vvrequired ex-Y haustion oliair in `the "suckers, 2l, comprise portei'lfbyia bracket, 5l, carried by one of the following, .viZf-g-A' punip comprising a cylinder43,'and piston, 114, is stationarily supported,"adjacent"one end of the shaft, l5,

by .said-shaft andcoupled Withsaid piston Iby thf/eliniq 46; "Suitable atmospheric con'- u nection between the "interiors of the cylinder, 43,l and Ao1" the cups of ,the suckers, I "his secured by ineansvof a flexible tubing,.` 4f? l extending frein said cylinder tol-rigid gl'carried by the link', 2l, and tivo ble tubings, 48, each extending from said pi ping to connect With arigid duct, 49, car- 'by ,'eaeh rail, 23, respectively, each of 'luctsjina'kes connection with. two of ickersthrough the hollow stem, 50, thereof, `which passes through and is sup- .(Fig. 5). The cylinder, 43, idedj'withan aperture52, (Fig, 4), `d immediately below the bottoni ofthe 's :admitted to break the exhaust' heft-hesuckers.` prevent cushioning on "down lstrole`,`-th`e cylinder is vvprovided ith openings, 54, closed `by afrelief lvalve lier, 55, slidablyzmounted on a headed 'theljdv'agaiinst the Wall thereof, to close 4cli 2,- sai'd pittfandbearing` against the head thereof and 'against said valve, v l

ads, 5 i' ,z 2 andi-4), supported G uidefi.

by aidoflthe 'frame of the primary feeding device, aredisposed on each side ofthe' pathI et the sheets tov'vaird'the feed rolls,'3, 4, and `are,spzuzedjiapart, suilieiently to permit of the sheets being.freely, driven by theV kicker as aforesaidwliile preventing undue lateral di yergence oisideplay. Between ,the guide'- rails, 57,are table-bars', 58,-' supported by said traine, and, extending froinsliglitly 'behind my*lifting;y andfdropping device, Q0, kto near the feed rollers 3, het inyjprimary feeding device 'On these talile-lmrsthe sheets, as their'` `momentumv imparted by `the kicker Hriones,finally tall and glide'foriyard to said irliers. To further -insure-1`iroper 'delivery jot'the sheets tothe feed rollers, I provide yspring'viinf ;ers, 59, 60, 2), dependingl from suitablestationary supports, as shown,

and hayinrptheir tree ends' disposed to contact yieldin-tgly the lupper surfaces of the driren sheets, `thus preventing the latter from Vunda ly um ping upward.

after beingA dropped, ,in horizontoand exactly, 1n' the 'path te eine es ritiri-votala Surnorted on br eldts, canried by thev pl ats 'their original position wherein their tops are the endfof the latters up stroke,

t, eaifiiiedlbyfthe cylinder, and nor.'-`

byfafspiral spring eneirl To, guide eachpsheet laterally during its upu'ard lift* ,troni theqpile and to loosely de yielding, oscillaty forni of each ear34, 35. The conformation, I loca-tion andvdisposition' of said rests relatively to the platform, the pile, l2, of sheets, and the lifting device, are such that', (as

fshownf in Figs. -1, 2, and, moreparticularly,

in Fig. l2.) they are, when at' rest, in n-ormal position, inclined inwardly at' an angle sufficient to` project into the path, and'to ine sure yielding' contact thereby of the edge', of the sheet, during` its uplift, whereby they vlaterally guide it, as indicated by dottedl lines, in Fig 12,'and, after it has cleared them, are returned, usually by gravity, to

norniallyheld, by aid of gravity,'projecting into, and ina plane transverse of, the path- Wa'yof the sheets, and in which position' the Arests then underlie the suspended' sheet.

VVhen the sheet isatterward dropped, .in the saine vertical path through which it was lifted, by the" breaking of the exhaust, it

falls upon them, at which stage they act as restsor Ts disposed to support the thereon deposed sheet against displacement by gravity anrl with its .edge disposed directly inv thev path ot the advancing kicker 26. It will be noted thatas shown, particularly by Fig. 2, the tops of the rests h1 arefwhen supporting a sheet,on` a `level above that of the trucks or table 5S. flt will also be noted that, as shown Iriartieularly by Figs. 1 and yl, the rests (il are sparedeapart thus leaving between theln,helen'v their tops. an interA i space or pathway in which the kicker 2h is,

to an extent, recinfooatahle. -l't will also he noted that, as shown rmrticularly in Fiji. 'L the kicker or'driver 2G is normally ont ot contact Ywith the sheet supported on the Ts, is in alinenient with au edge of the sheet and with the said pathway, and thatthe con-e` struction is 4suchl that thelricker is slidably supported at all times out. ot contact with .the rests or Ts (il and their supporting .beyond its loca-tion prior to being struck.

It is obvious that a strokeof sach character coi'ild not with anyicertainty be delivered if the sheet were supported upon a therewith eoextensire, or' larger, surface or table with Whieh thekickei' must, or could, contact. in ot'lierwords, in order to effectively drive proper should vencounter the least possible Contact, friction or resista/nce other than that of the edge. of the sheet during its 'forward impulsion` or swing, andi conseqiieutly proyide means whereby itis slidably supported the sheet oft' of the rests or Ts to destina` tion, `have discovered that the kiq-ker.v Y

' rotatively connect, or clutch, the pulley with I. the shaft to operate my machine, I pro- -face of the itin@ thereof.

y 91,-(l1`ig.`13).f The oppositejend of the expansible, ring, 91, (Figs. 123 `and 14) car'. rled within, and concentric with, the pulgley, is proportioned and :disposed to'bear,

when expanded, aga-inst the interior surcarrier, 92', keyed to'the shaft, 89 rotatestherewith, and'thcrcin oscillatably supports .a spindle,

having oneend thereof flattened as at,

Shi., and located in the split, 95, of theii'ing,

spindle carries an arm, '96, ldisposed `so as tombe acted upon-,by a cam block,` 97, sl 1dablymounted on@ the shaft, 89, and oper- 'v ated by a shift lever, Q8, (Fig. l). ,lt `follows that whenevery the lever is Vpulled outon said shaft, 415.

wardly the ringptll, is expanded so as to frictionally engage` the pulley, 90,`the shaft,

SU, is'thereby rotated, -and the feeder bars,

7G" and 77, reciprocated, the shaft, 15, be-. `ing also simultaneously rotated by' means of a sprocketpinion', 99, carried bythe shaft, v89,` (Fig. l) which engages the aforesaid chain, 19, and thus the sprocket gear, 18,

Anothorimportant cooperating element 'of'` my secondary feeding-device 'is the divider, 100, (FigsLl, tie-9) consisting of l a stationary bar, 100, of angular .cross-sew t1on,hav1ng its longitudinal angular apex upwardly presented in alinea-nent with the direction `of the cut made bythe central cut-` ter la." The divider is supported by the side frame members, 67 and 68, and serves to defleet and separate the halves of the sheet, as theyj 4 are advancing, from the delivery rollers, iand 6, of thevprimary cutting devices,\ to drop upon.V the receiving'ltable, 7G,

whereby proper dispositiono each half he- V tween they appropriate teeth, 7 8, ot the reciprocating feed bars, 77"a11d 77a, vis in'- i sured, the positions of said valves, at the moment.oi' initialfaction thereon by the divider,` being `cross-sectionaliylindicated by the dotted lines, 101, and1Q1,in-Fig,7. A stop ,102, (Figs. 6 and 9) "suitably, supported l by the frame, is proportioned# and disposed to arrest undue Aforwardinovement of the4 halves, transversely ofthe path of. the secondary feeding. device,I ,after their de i, livery to the latter. y

`lhe table, 76, is 'provided `with afguard?,A rail, V103, to arrest backward movement of Y the'thereto adjacent halt' of the initial I sheet while 'the-teeth, 78, are retrograding.

The operationof my machineis as l.iol-

lowes-,One ofthe platform carsfas say 35,

having` been, `while ,onv one side ot the priy mary teeding device, manually loaded with L a pile, 112, of the initial sheets, c, is ,pushedy by theoperator into the position shown in 1` directly beneath the lifting ldevice 20.1" fThe shift lever, 98, is then swung, to actu?" ate the clutch to turn on the power, as hereinbetore described.- This causes the pneumatic suckers to descend to contact with the top sheet ot the pile and 'adhering thereto litt it tl'irough la vertical path, while, to an extent, guided, toward required position, by lateral contact oftl1e-fguiderests 61, which, though yielding, tend to shift an eccentric position oi the sheet without breaking the exhaust.,` The guide rests return to utheir normal position as soon aSthe sheet hasascended above them. It is thenA dropped in the said vertical path, by the breaking of the exhaust,r into correct, and substantially horizontal, position at rest upon the tops of the guide restspor Ts and exactly in the path of the driver 26,-which, being then sharply advanced, imparts a following-upy ystroke to the thereto adjacent edge of the The Iresulting .subdivi-f tion where they are more widely seperated by the divider bar, 100,and fall upon the vtable76, of the secondary feeding device.

rlhe 'mechanisms are so timed that asthe halves drop into position, on the table, ythe reciprocating feeder bars, 77, 7 7 a, are `at rest, 'i or nretrograding,*hence each half 1s finally -Y l deposited between'vadjacent teeth of said bars and by. their next" forward movement advanced, at right angles to their former path, clear -of thev table and onto the y' table bars, 72, 73'v a11d.74,*the stationary stops, 75, of the latter 'arresting backward motion of ,the halves during the return stroke/,ofy the bars 72 andn Successive forward strolesof the'bars thereafter operate to horizontally, simultaneously, Afeed the subdivisions or halves in procession sequen-v tially, step bystep, in a direction angular to` that of my primary feed, toward the second-` ary/cutting device, D, whereby eachhalf is further trimmed and cut bythe group of' secondary cutters into iour separateequal` rectangular blanlafl, di, cl2, d3, which are finally projected by the delivery rollers, 5, 6,

o t' that device into the receptacle E. A The shape and. proportions of the operative edge ofthe canale, are, as shown in Fig. 2, such as to insure the descent-ofthe lifting devee,20, to Contact, in turn, with i each sheet of Vthe pile from the highest to the lowest, and, also, after'such contact, full gravity pressure, on each sheet, of the en-A tire weightof said lifting device whereby pneumatic adhesion vof the sheet to'. the suckersyis promoted,lthe roller, 25, admit-k- 'ting clear passage *thereunder of the least radius. as at 105, ,of Vthe cara untilthe pile is said subdivisions so each other toward said last with Said cutter; peycussii'fe means 20 n vance its subdivisions of said Y youd said` cutter each of` said subdivisions rectiom, whereby said yondsaid cutter; means to further separate advanced; means to receive 'and mcvably horizontally support, side-by-side, said subdivisions so separated;

another stationarily supported cutter means 1 tofengage, sim ultaneously,v said subdivisions; and means rto reciprocate i fsaid last mentioned means edges of. each of in directions rectangularto said" first` mentioned direction,

Vwhereby-said subdivisions are-'fed sequentiallyhin procession, 'and outof Contact With 8."In a sheet-feeding,l vchine,the,combination,of av stationarily su ported cutter; means to lift asheet'vertically betweenand above, drop it, in the same vertical path, on, a pluralityfof movabley supports thef tops of which :are in alinement to project saidsheet ho1izontally,of`t` of `said tops, in -the direction of said cutter; means" to adsheet, simulin said direction be- ;-means to receive-and moi'- ably support, side-by-sidmsaid subdivisions; means to engage, simultaneously,`. edges of another ,stationarily supported cutter; .and means to r'eciprocatelqsaid last mentioned .means in directions rectangular to `said first` mentioned disub'diyisions are fed sequential/ly, in procession, andout' of contaneously,`` side-by-side,

tact with each oth'er,towardsaid last'men-` tionedj.'cutter;r ,n 9`.`l] n.a\ sheet-feeding vand cutting ina-f chine, :the combination of a 'cutter disposed to sever uan initial sheetinto smaller sheets;4 means toxfeed-a sheet'in one direction tosaid i rality of cutters;-

i multaneouslyboth of said shaft, adjacent said said pulley.

so` severed, cutter; means to', thereafter adsheets, simultaneously tion, beyond said cutter;

a plurality ofcutters disposedto 'sever each of said smaller` sheets :into still smaller sheets; meansv to horizontally :feed said smaller sheets sequentially, inprocession out of contact with each L otheninga direction at right angles to said rst i'nentionedV direction,` toward said plul andzmeans to actuate sifeeding means. l

'10. In a machine of the class described, a'

- rotatory shaft, anfiuteriorly open pulleynormally-loose uponsaid shaft, a-split, expansible ring, housed Within said 'pulleyyand disposedto, normally, looselycontact the in'- terior `thereof; earried rotativelybysaid-v pulley, a carrier; car! ried, rotatab1y`l on its own aXis,`-Within said carrier, a'spindle having a flattened portion disposed. vWithin thesplit of said ring; and means torotate said spindle on its own axis, Wheieby` uniiattened portionsy thereof force apart the'adja'cent vends ofesaid ringand 'causeitlto frictionally clutch'the interiorof lltiln; a sheet-feeding, and cutting, ma-v nchine, a rotatory mainl 'sha ft; means,"` operatively connected Withrsaid shaft to vfeed .a

sheet in onedirectio'n; means tosever the sheet, While so' fed, into a plurality of smaller sheets of mutually equal width; means Ato deflect saidism'a-ller"sheets from each other While so fed; and means, peratively connected .with saidy main shaft, to

vfurther feed, simultaneously with eachA other, af plurality of said 'smaller sheets, in" mutually 'sequential processiomin direction an# gular to said iirstmentioned.direction.

12. In a sheet-feeding machine, sequence of stationary, consecutive, alike, spxc'edi' apart,' stop s, having their backs shaped, and

disposed to positively vengage and ltheirf with, a sheet; an-A fronts to slidingly contact other sequence of similar, simultaneously `re- -c1procatable, stops vdisposed 1 sheetis, by each, in' turn, of said reciprocating stops while advancing, moved shdmgly over one of said statioiiary stopsVand, byf' Vdiuringstop. ,y Y n ,A Y 1. 13. In a. sheet-'feeding 1nac l1i111e,a sequence of stationary, consecutive, alike, spacedsaid stationary stop," held intermittently retraction of 'such reciprocating apart, stops, having' their backs shapehand y .engage and their ronts to sliding'ly contact with, a sheet;- an,-

disposed to positively other sequence ot' similar, simultaneously reciprocatable, stops disposed in parallelism with said first-mentioned sequence; means to stationarily support sequence; means to reciprocate, Asimultaneously 4the other sequence; posed means to prevent the said first-mentioned sheet from rising unduly7 upward, )thereby `the sheet is,

by each, in turn, ot said reciprocating,` stops yvhile advancing, moved of, said stationary stops,

traction oi' such'reciprocating stop.

@14. In a sheet-leerling' machine, a path# wa f for 'the sheets` dimensioned and dispernnt upraising ot a sheet there- 'saidf members. v

l .15. Ina sheet-feeding machine, a plurality ofrests disposed gijayity, normally uphold a sheet lWithout n Aparallelism with said first-mentioned sequence,` meansl l to stationarily support said first-mentioned sequence; and means to reciprocate simili-'q' taneously the other sequence, whereby thev ma.,

pathway; means to upraise the les" and superdisl i slidiugly over one ,110'

and, byv saidstationary stop, held intermlttently duringre# contacting a `portion thereof'comprising part of its edge; disposed normally 'adja-l cent one side of said rests, a` kicker advanceable, without contacting said rests, in a path alined with and extending beyond such nor- -nial location of said part of the edge; disposedat 4a distance from the opposite side of vsaid rests, means to receive, and support, said sheet in a-desired location; means to -movably support said kicker out of contact,

with said rests; and means'to'impelsaid kicker through said path with momentum required to drive the sheet off of said rests and to said desired location.

16. In a sheet-feeding, and cutting,'ma chine,I a pathway for the sheets; in said pathway a stationarily supported 'cutter disposed tosevei an initial sheet into smaller sligets; beyond said cutter in said pathway a s ationary divider-member; and means to advance `said` smaller sheets in the same horizontal plane side-by-side beyond said cutter to, and each side of, said dividerfmember, whereby the space between said smaller sheetsV is increased.

lfIn` a sheet-feeding, andr cutting, inachine, ..a-- pathway for. the sheets; in said 'pathway a'stationarily supported cutter diss'o' Aa longitudinally extended, therewith paralposed ..to cut an initial sheet into smaller sheets; beyond said cutter in said pathway lel, vdit'ider-member of angular cross section having its longitudinal angular apex upwardly presented inV alinement with the di- .,135

rection ofsaidvcut; land means to `advance said smaller sheets in the same horizontal i plane, side-by-side, beyond said cutter to,

and each side of, said divider-member -whereby thespace between said smaller 'sheets is increased.

18. In a sheet-feeding, and cutting, inaehine, means to feed a sheet'in one direction;

' means to sever the sheet, while so fed, into a -plurality' of smaller equally wide sheets;

means .to'further feed said smaller sheets in `said direction; means to deflect said smaller sheets from. each other while so edg means to' further feed simultaneously with each other a plurality of said smaller sheets in a mutually sequentiol' procession, in a direction angular to said first mentioned direction;

vsheet in said pathway; means, comprising pneumatic-suckers, to upraise the sheet into sliding contact with, 'and above, said members; means to return said members to their normal position after the sheet has thus cleared them; and means to then break the exhaust in said suckers.

20.In a sheet-feeding machine, a pathway, for the sheets, dimensioned Land disposed to-perinit upraising of a sheet therethrough while disposed in a plane transverse the direction of said pathway; yielding, oscillatable, guide-rests 'pivotally supported onv opposite sides of'said pathway, having their tops movablyl held, by aid'of gravity,

in one plane and normally projecting into the path ofthe sheet in said pathway; inean's to upraisel the sheet into sliding contact with, and above, said guide-rests, and means t'o lower the sheet thereon after it has lcleared them.

21. In a sheet-feeding machine, means to movably support the sheet without contactinga part oi `its edge; and means, disposed edgea percussive, following-up, blow whereby the sheet is swept oit' or said support and caused to take Hight in. a predetciniined direction.

22. In a sheet-feeding machine, means to4 `horizontally movably support a sheet Without contacting a portion thereofl comprising a part of its edge; and means disposed and actuated to impart to said part of its edge a percussive, following-up, blow whereby the sheet is swept off of said support and caused to take Hight in predetermined direction.

' JOHNH. YOUNG.

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A. N. Kinn,

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